Tough hydrogels with rapid self-reinforcement

Ultrastiff, Tough and Healable Ionic-Hydrogen Bond Cross-linked Hydrogels and Their Uses as Building Blocks to Construct Complex Hydrogel Structures

(2019) Yongzhi Liang et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Anti-fatigue-fracture hydrogels

(2019) Shaoting Lin et al.   Science Advances

Mechanoresponsive self-growing hydrogels inspired by muscle training

(2019) Takahiro Matsuda et al.   SCIENCE

Ultrastiff and Tough Supramolecular Hydrogels with a Dense and Robust Hydrogen Bond Network

(2019) Yan Jie Wang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Highly Stretchable and Instantly Recoverable Slide-Ring Gels Consisting of Enzymatically Synthesized Polyrotaxane with Low Host Coverage

(2018) Lan Jiang et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Ultrastiff, Thermoresponsive Nanocomposite Hydrogels Composed of Ternary Polymer–Clay–Silica Networks

(2018) Huan-Jun Li et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Adaptive structure of gels and microgels with sliding cross-links: enhanced softness, stretchability and permeability

(2018) Alexey A. Gavrilov et al.   Soft Matter

Hydrogel ionotronics

(2018) Canhui Yang et al.   Nature Reviews Materials

Unusual Fracture Behavior of Slide-Ring Gels with Movable Cross-Links

(2017) Chang Liu et al.   ACS Macro Letters

A Universal Soaking Strategy to Convert Composite Hydrogels into Extremely Tough and Rapidly Recoverable Double-Network Hydrogels

(2016) Yanyu Yang et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Self-Healable, Tough, and Ultrastretchable Nanocomposite Hydrogels Based on Reversible Polyacrylamide/Montmorillonite Adsorption

(2015) Guorong Gao et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Stiff, strong, and tough hydrogels with good chemical stability

(2014) Jianyu Li et al.   Journal of Materials Chemistry B

Physical hydrogels composed of polyampholytes demonstrate high toughness and viscoelasticity

(2013) Tao Lin Sun et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Self-Acceleration of Nucleation and Formation of Shish in Extension-Induced Crystallization with Strain Beyond Fracture

(2012) Kunpeng Cui et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Highly stretchable and tough hydrogels

(2012) Jeong-Yun Sun et al.   NATURE

Anisotropic tough poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels

(2012) Lin Zhang et al.   Soft Matter

Examination of the Theories of Rubber Elasticity Using an Ideal Polymer Network

(2011) Yuki Akagi et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Microphase separation in copolymers of hydrophilic PEG blocks and hydrophobic tyrosine-derived segments using simultaneous SAXS/WAXS/DSC

(2010) N.S. Murthy et al.   POLYMER

Toughening Effect of Strain-Induced Crystallites in Natural Rubber

(2009) H. P. Zhang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Formation and Stability of Shear-Induced Shish-Kebab Structure in Highly Entangled Melts of UHMWPE/HDPE Blends

(2008) Jong Kahk Keum et al.   MACROMOLECULES

Design and Fabrication of a High-Strength Hydrogel with Ideally Homogeneous Network Structure from Tetrahedron-like Macromonomers

(2008) Takamasa Sakai et al.   MACROMOLECULES